Word embodied: the jeweled pagoda mandalas in Japanese Buddhist art
"Examines the Japanese Buddhist jeweled pagoda mandala paintings, unpacking their revolutionary use of text as picture to show how this visual conflation mirrors important conceptual indivisibilities in medieval Japan. The textual pagoda projects the complex constellation of relics, reliquaries...
| Published in: | Harvard East Asian monographs |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
Published by the Harvard University Asia Center
2018
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| In: |
Harvard East Asian monographs (412)
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| Series/Journal: | Harvard East Asian monographs
412 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Japan
/ Buddhist art
/ Mandala
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| Further subjects: | B
Buddhist art
Japan
B Mandala in art B Pagodas B Painting, Japanese B Mandala (Buddhism) Japan B Painting, Japanese Themes, motives B Words in art B Buddhist art B Mandala (Buddhism) (Japan) B Pagodas Japan B Buddhist art (Japan) B Pagodas (Japan) B Mandala (Buddhism) B Words in art Japan |
| Summary: | "Examines the Japanese Buddhist jeweled pagoda mandala paintings, unpacking their revolutionary use of text as picture to show how this visual conflation mirrors important conceptual indivisibilities in medieval Japan. The textual pagoda projects the complex constellation of relics, reliquaries, scripture, and body in religious doctrine, praxis, and art"--Provided by publisher |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0674983866 |